African business leaders and officials have gathered in Cape Town for a three-day regional meeting of the World Economic Forum. The main focus of the Sept. 4-6 meeting is an Africa-wide free-trade zone set to take effect in 2020.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has failed to win the support of a two-thirds majority needed to pass a motion calling for an early general election on October 15.
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will make a three-day official visit to Russia for the 5th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF 2019) in Russia's Vladivostok, the Malaysian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.